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After 32 years in the same place, I am selling the property and moving the business to my home shop. The time has come to slow it down a bit, get rid of the tire kickers and price shoppers.
Maybe I will be able to find the time to do the kind of jobs I really enjoy.
Thirty-two years of "stuff" is not going to be moved easily. Some things that I have duplicates of have been sold but there is still the old Chicago brake and the 52" shear that are going to be major to move. I have an Envision 375 and Edge II for sale if anyone is interested, but they will be pickup only in El Dorado, ARK. I try to bring a load home every day or so, sooner or later I'll get to the bottom of the pile.
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-------------------- Frisby Signs, Inc. El Dorado, Arkansas Posts: 902 | From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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When I first moved back home, it really scared me. I thought no one would bother to find me any longer.
But, I was pleasantly surprised to note that the jobs that I made the most on or even remained to care about still returned.
The hardest part having a storefront was the constant conversation with new customers. With that part gone, you'll really enjoy getting straight to the work instead. It's a very different but wonderful world!
Continue to treat them right and they will come from far and wide to use you wherever you are! Congrats on the move, Roy!
[ June 13, 2013, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: Donna in BC ]
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I set out 24 years ago to not have a shop, but to work just out of my truck. No tire kickers and no fixed overhead expense of a building. I trade trucks often enough, that nothing really accumulates. My shop is my home garage with good paint storage and enough simple woodworking tools to get my jobs done. No storefront and no shoppers. I keep my total cost of doing business below 22%, including all my supplies. It must work, as I have enjoyed a stable 24 year run and have had plenty of time to pursue my other business and art interests.
Now for the bad news. I am about to move to Santa Fe and set up another gallery business, there. 30-40k a month overhead! That really makes little sense, but hey, it is the cost of selling my art. I am sitting on some 3/4 of a million in framed, ready to sell art that is already paid for. Oh well... Only live once.
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now you got more time to spend at shoney's))))))
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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When our son started having kids, we decided they would never spend a day in daycare. So, for that, among other things, we sold our building in 2007 and moved back home, (I can't stand tire kickers either).I was apprehensive too. I wondered if some would think I just went away. But not so much.
Nowadays, we are pretty busy, and our overhead is MUCH lower. I love to be out and about with the public. So, I go to the clients, and they like it that way. I'll never be wealthy, but if you saw me, you'd know I'm not starving to death.
No panic Roy, just the next chapter. Enjoy it.
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3484 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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You'll get settled into the new lifestyle in no time Roy, and you'll wonder why you haven't done it sooner!
I really like working from home. My only downfall is that I wish I, er uh, we, had more space especially now that Joe and I have combined our lives. (and our stuff)
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